Bye Bye Corner Clutter!

I could see it out of the corner of my eye when I sat at the computer: a fish tank stand/utility shelf brimming with coloring books, art supplies, old greeting cards and boxes of photos. It was the living room catchall, a place where items that either weren't immediately useful or didn't have a place to go ended up.



Finally, I couldn't take it any more. My mother-in-law had given our daughter her 30th set of magic markers and they now spilled out of the cookie tin we had been trying to contain them in. Art supplies were overflowing everywhere and more continued to pour in with every outing to the mall.

So, I did the classic "clutter buster" routine. I took everything off the shelves and took every item that wasn't kids' art stuff upstairs to a closet. All the finished artwork went upstairs too, to be put in a safe place. The only thing left was fish tank maintenance supplies, which went up on the high shelf,and then crayons, paints, chalk and markers which went into either clear plastic bins (Market Basket $3 each) or baskets from A.C Moore ($4-$7). Paper supplies tucked in between the baskets and the tank, and a vintage 45's travel box on top and finally, a little peaceful corner instead of a cluttered mess.



BTW, found a great clutter-buster site this week: Simple Productivity Blog. Good stuff!

Bye Bye Corner Clutter!